So I am hanging out at the munich airport. i have about two hours till my next flight. my flight here was good. i managed to switch my middle seat for an aisle seat. good thing i didnt have to squish myself in there. i sat next to a 17 year old exchange ...

Wednesday 27th April. Woke to cloudy skies. We had to wait for breakfast so had a couple of cups of tea to tide us over until 9.30 when Kamila was to meet us. We had brought over a care package for Kamila, a Melbourne girl who had married a Polish ...

... Grzane Piwo (hot beer)... glad to have my brother along to act as a guinea pig ;) Wednesday – Today was another sunny day in Warszawa, and we made our way back to Nowy Swiat and a sushi place my brother wanted to try – why not try the local ...

Our only full day here and we are met with a rainy day. But we went to walk the Royal way and see the park and some palace. Of course along the way there were several "pope prayed here" posters. Those popes get around. Without warm clothes, we ...

... after the Warsaw Rising, in the spring of 1945. I have heard about it for months and wanted to see it before leaving Poland. We were able to see some of the museum, especially the reconstruction of the city sewers through which the young soldiers crossed ...

... over to see the Palace of Culture and Science. It was built in 1955 as a gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland. At 237 metres, it is the tallest building in Poland and the eighth tallest building in the European Union. Apparently, many Poles ...

... Uprising Museum. It essentially tells the story of the period in 1944 when the home underground army, formed after the invasion of Poland as a resistance army, rose up along with the citizens of the city to try and drive the Germans out of the city. In ...

Leaving is the worst part… I stink at it! I pretend I am just taking a 10-month trip to the US and reset my desktop count down again. I walk out onto Barbara's balcony to take one last look at the Warsaw skyline… Then I lock all my feeling ...

Day 7, Thursday July 1 Today we take it easy as everyone’s legs are tired from yesterday’s hike. We leave our bags at the bus station and take the bus to the point where left the mountains the day before. It’s a several hour hike to a ...

... of which being Warszawa (Warsaw).
1. Kazimierz
2. Wilanow
Late-17th century royal summer residence of King Jan Sobieski
3. Warszawa
Trip description from Professor: "Long walk around the city." And was it. Warsaw was probably my least ...

Didn't have an opportunity to write whilst in Singapore. Had a great flight, watched a few movies. Food was excellent. Picked up at airport and taken to hotel. Walked around for about four hours. Had a rest before going to Raffles for a Singapore ...

... Warsaw. The tour guide pointed out a cheap restaurant that we should try whilst in Warsaw. It's a traditional communist restaurant for when Poland was run by Russia. He told us that it's very basic but nice food and that we shouldn't expect table service ...

Key Apartments Chmielna: The train trip went smoothly. The inter- city train was fast and smooth. On the Polish IC in first class they give you a free cup of coffee or tea plus a juice or water and a traditional polish waffle biscuit. Our arrival at ...

I must admit that even though I had a rough night, I managed to get us ready in the 45 minutes we had before the taxi came at 5:45 this morning. There was already some traffic Downtown but we got to the Okęcie Airport at 6am sharp, as planned. It ...

This morning we woke up early to get one last sight see in Warsaw before our trip to Kraków. We had breakfast at the hotel than dan and I took a bus by ourselves to park tazienkowski. This was the most beautiful park we have been to so far. With ...

Neither of us remember the flight from London to Warsaw; we were both asleep before takeoff. We think sleeping then gave us the energy to make it through the day. I had barely held it together when the baggage carousel closed and my bag had not ...